A local couple has donated a rare piece of Texas history to the state. The family had an exceptionally rare Stephen F. Austin map of Texas in its possession. Now it belongs to the Texas General ...

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848 Daniel Walker Howe, . . Oxford Univ., $35 (904pp) ISBN 978-0-19-507894-7 ...

In the two decades following California’s Gold Rush beginnings, 80 percent of its Native American population was lost. Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold.

In a book that every student of American history and politics should read, ... What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 Reviewed by Walter Russell Mead March/April 2008 ...